Updated Display+Touch Setting; Adjust the color profile of your display; Check the time more easily even when the phone is in idle mode with Glance Screen

View how your phone’s memory is being used and clear temporary files with Storage Check

Updated audio settings, letting you silence the phone’s ringer just by turning the phone face down

Improved texting performance and Bluetooth connectivity

Overall that’s a robust set of changes, however it has been noted that FM radio is not on board, presumably due to the hardware not supporting it. Still, we know the group messaging feature is something that a lot of users wanted, most likely more than the FM radio.

after amber update i lost center button control on a set of westone adv cans (has iphone controls) only the center button worked which was fine now nothing, that kinda tees me off! sick of all this proprietary crap! now they're just headphones. wonder what they did that would have changed that?

I find it very odd that Nokia's OWN outline of the Amber update (www.nokia.com/global/windows-phone-amber-update) states that only the 620 WON'T get FM Radio. Assuming Nokia knows their hardware better than anybody, this means that presumably it is Verizon that is blocking the FM Radio feature from being applied to our 928s. One has to wonder why on earth VZW cares about people having FM Radio; push us to suck more data and pay them more? Glad I'm on unlimited.

Unfortunately, I think you are correct about VZW wanting to charge for bandwidth...
I am happy to still be using my Zune HD for FM radio while I am at work.
Yeah, I know....What's a Zune?
I still love this thing!
I might be able to retire it if VZW ever enables the FM function on the 928.
Don't get me wrong, my Zune is still my in truck device for all of my tunes. I am having separation anxiety I guess, and can't comit my phone to doing all of these duties just yet!

Has anyone had a problem with connecting to the Facebook/twitter thing in the messaging part where you can check Facebook/twitter without having to log onto those apps.. It keeps saying cannot connect :(

Amber update ruined the color on my phone. The colors aren't as saturated as before. They are all slightly muted now. I have no idea what to do or if it is short term. That was one of my favorite things about this phone and screen- the vibrant color...at a complete loss

I hate the fact that Verizon and other providers have the power to block a feature like FM Radio, if the phone manufacturer and Microsoft adds a feature to the product who are they to block it. The government should step in and create laws to limit their power. Imagine if the electric company could limit the functions available in your appliances just because you are using their electrical power. It really makes me mad that they do this things !

I thought so too, until I unplugged from the charger. It is always on when charging, but off the charger it works as advertised. I wave my hand close over the phone (need to give it time to register, less than a second but more than instant); the clock turns on a half-second later, then it turns off after 15 seconds.

This article caught my eye because of them enabling "group text" which I think is hilarious. I never understood the logic in disabling group text on Verizon when it's clearly available on other carriers. Now that I and all my other Windows Phone using friends at COMPLETELY MIGRATED to using GROUPME for all our cross-platform messaging, Verizon's texting can eat me with a spoon.
CardDAV & CalDAV support is WONDERFUL for no other reason than to quiet my dork Gmail-using friends.
But what I'm really excited about is the Nokia Pro Camera support. If anyone's seen these tuning facilities on the Nokia Lumia 1020, this is KILLER.
All in all, good job Verizon/Nokia.

I'm disappointed about the FM radio, but some of the other things are nice, even if I won't generally use them. Also, for some reason Nokia changed their calendar alert sound. It went off for an appointment and I had no idea what the sound was for until I looked at the phone.

The problem with Verizon if you try to flash a Rom to get FM Radio is that there are no other variants of the 928 because that phone is only sold by Verizon.There aren't European or Latin American Roms for that phone. The 928 is exclusive to Verizon. It doesn't have international version.

It's really disappointing that Verizon didn't include the FM radio. I work in midtown Manhattan and during the day the data speeds are so slow, I am lucking if I can update my RSS feeds. There is no way I can stream audio through Tune-In or iHeart Radio. I have the same problem right across the river in queens. I haven't had a chance to update yet, but I hope that they activated the ability of the radio to pick up LTE AWS and just left it out of the release notes.
Does anyone know if the Verizon visual voicemail is any better? I hate that I have to have it as a separate app. Is this only a Verizon thing. On my AT&T lumia 900 is was integrated into the phone app.

I'm majorly pleased with the update! My camera functions sooo much better, and two of my three major issues with WP8 have been fixed: group text and other fix. The only thing left now is custom text messaging, and I'll be completely happy.

That's why I flashed my 920 with the Euro Dev Rom cause the carriers do whatever they want.If I wait for AT&T I'm pretty sure they won't include Data Sense when they release the update. Now I got everything as is intended to be.

The clock moves around on the screen, like a screen saver, so even if these newer pentile AMOLED screens are susceptible to burn-in (don't seem to be any reports of it), you won't have that problem from Glance.

Really? On my 928, I just go into Display + Touch and slide over to touch, then there is a check box under the touch sensitivity drop down that says "Double tap to wake up phone". Works like a charm for me

finally I can play my office VM that I get in email. with this and WF app the only thing I’m missing in my life is Intuit GoPayment so I can use the reader and not have to use the mobile site. that extra % is starting to add up.

I was hoping for FM Radio- My car radio went out and would have liked to just use FM Radio instead of having to use Data to play from TuneIn or Iheart radio apps. - Guess Ill pull out my old Focus Flash and use the FM Radio on it as my car radio untill I get around to getting a new radio installed in the car!

On Windows Phone 7.5/8, You need the headphones but, you could hold(like a right click) and listen through the speakers....I am sure it would work the same on WP8 but, you still would need the headphones plugged in.

I agree, as it is the update has nothing of the features requested on windowsphone.uservoice.com site , and to make things worse, Verizon removes the only feature Microsoft is adding in the GDR2 update.... can't believe this.... this is ridiculous!!!

It shows a dim clock, as well as a couple notification icons, when your phone's screen is off. You can set it to always be on or to only turn on when you wave your hand over it. You can also set it to be dimmed at certain times like when you're asleep.

Nice info tragic, thanks, I never put my phone on vibrate so never noticed that, tried it just now and now I understand the squiggly line reference lol, but you do have to admit the Batt icon is very poorly done lol, thanks for the info

Go into settings > Display + Touch an then slide over to Glance. Set it for peek. this allows you to wave your hand over your phone to show the glance screen. It's also hand because glance turns on when you pull the phone out of your pocket, so if you want a quick time glance, there ya go. Also it only displays stuff like battery charging and what not. Not email stuff. Also, in display, you can set double tap to wake, which is another awesome feature.

Documentation from Nokia would seem to contradict that. Sounds more like VZW holding it back

FM Radio – entertainment on the airwaves.

Powered by Windows Phone 8, FM Radio comes to Lumia. Plug in your headset and tune in to your favourite radio stations with an easy to use interface and stereo sound. (FM Radio not available on Lumia 620)